About the role

The Senior Manager, Risk will be an important and influential member of a leveraged risk management function. He/she will be responsible for driving first line ownership of the risk management framework whilst aggregating multiple sources of risk information to drive insight and identify opportunities. A key to their success with be their ability to interact positively across the business and in particular with the nominated risk champions in each business area. They will need to listen, challenge, introduce new thinking and work collaboratively to influence and drive change.

Key responsibilities

• Build and agree Annual Risk Team Workplan with stakeholders/manager and deliver against it.
• Constantly challenge and evolve the effectiveness of CSC’s risk management framework and implement changes that deliver tangible improvements.
• Monitor, review and challenge material risk mitigation across all parts of the business.
• Construct a repeatable scenario analysis methodology and build it into the annual workplan.
• Undertake detailed analysis of CSC’s incident experience and identify opportunities to learn and re-engineer out process and control weaknesses
• Construct and maintain the list of key control nodes across the organisation and target assurance activity as an integrated part of the overall assurance program.
• Maintain and develop CSC’s Fraud and Corruption Control Plan (FCCP) and its overall approach to fraud risk mitigation.
• Maintain a fraud incident database including case summaries, undue benefits obtained and actions undertaken in each case.
• Maintain the ongoing relationship with the Identity and fraud management functions of Services Australia.
• Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and training programs to strengthen staff awareness and capability in identifying and mitigating financial crime risks.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives by analysing emerging threats, regulatory changes, and industry best practices to enhance the organization’s resilience against financial crime.
• Direct and coordinate investigations into suspected fraud, corruption, and financial crime, ensuring timely resolution, accurate reporting, and appropriate remediation actions.
• Delve against internal risk and third-party assurance program
• Ongoing liaison with the Internal Audit Function (outsourced) on reviews and learnings

Specific duties, deliverables and reporting lines may vary from time to time depending on business needs and priorities. Key objectives and measurements will be captured in the Performance & Development planning cycle, established annually and adapted as needed.